Following a highly successful first six months, being viewed by more than 5000 people at six locations, Tauranga's World War I mobile exhibition is now undergoing a major revamp to mark this year's 100th anniversary of the 1915 Gallipoli landings this April 25, 2015.

The new display naturally focuses on experiences of NZ troops during the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, where they fought alongside Australians as part of the Australia New Zealand Army Corps, known as the ANZACs.

Janet Hanna in the ‘From Tauranga to the Trenches' exhibition at Masonic Park last August, which told the story of her late uncle Reginald Watkins.

Organised by the Tauranga Heritage Collection in conjunction with WW100 Tauranga Committee, the free exhibition is housed in two specially modified shipping containers so it can be readily transported to various sites.

Officially opened last August to coincide with the centenary of the start of WWI, it's so far been located for various lengths of time at Tauranga's Masonic Park in the central city, at Tauranga Girls' and Tauranga Boys' colleges, Mount Maunganui RSA, Tauranga RSA and more recently, the Tauranga A&P Show.

"The updated display will include many fascinating images from Gallipoli, and include material which relates to experiences of soldiers who enlisted locally,” says WW100 Committee secretary Fiona Kean.

'There will be a detailed timeline for the campaign and exhibits that include both Turkish and New Zealand uniforms and other items of equipment.”

The modified exhibition will be open to the public in downtown Tauranga for two weeks in early April then shift to Mount Maunganui as one element of a free, month-long, expanded WWI display at the Classic Flyers Museum in Jean Batten Drive.

Fiona says it's planned to take the container exhibition to Te Puke and other locations throughout the Western Bay of Plenty in future.

During the next three years displays will be updated, as appropriate, to highlight New Zealand's involvement in different phases of the 1914-1918 Great War.